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DIED IN GUILFoRD.

The soapstone quarry near the Wiimantic Linen Mo- mill is exciting considerable atten. ion by Its valuable productions.
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could approach the real portraiture of
Jesus and his love, all powerful, all
redeeming; Lengths, depths, heights,
passing knowledge" once felt we must
be drawn to him and realize somewhat
the apostles "desire to depart and be
with Christi" and the mysterious realms
beyond this world and time will cease
to be wrapt in gloom. Our fears will
vanish like the child's, who, when sent
upon an errand to a strange house look
ed timidly in the door, and hearing a
voice say, "Come in" asked softly, 'Is
there any mother here p eyes," was
the reply. "Oh, well, then l will come
in, for I'm not afraid if there's a mother
here" So as we enter the everlasting
habitation. There is one who has love
beyond a mothers; we need not be
afraid, but say with mistaken conf
dence: "Yea, though L walk through
the valley of the shadow of death, | will
fear no evil" LIB.
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HALF TRUTHS.

There is an affection called hemiopia,
in which the patient can only discern
part or the half of an object. He
may see man walking without head
and shoulders or with the upper por-
ton of his frame lowering in the air,
but no lower limbs to sustain it /; or
with a trunk like mutilated statue !;
or with body which has only a single
eye, half nose, half chin-appearing,
in fact, to be sliced down the centre. as
If the one moiety were not only divorced
from the other, but absolutely annihi-
lated. DR.. Wollaston was twice attack
ed in this manner, and states that he
could see but half of an individual
whom he met, and that on attempting
to read the name of johnson over a
door, he saw only son. There is a
mental hemiopia. The men who are af-
fected by it are never able to see the
whole of any question. They are often
emphatic in stating precisely that
which they do see, because their vision
respecting that is clear enough. These
enunciations of theirs constitute the
''half-truths" which we so constantly
meet with in society, in books, and in
legislation. Men who are affected with
mental henliopia are, as an almost uni
versal rule, quite unconscious of the
fact. The great difficulty in making
them aware of it arises from a strong
hallucination which accompanies the
disease and assures the sufferer that he
is exceptionally strong and perfect in
his mental vision. People affected in
this way will often declare that they
have discovered, and can proclaim,
''the whole truth of God" the fact be-
ing that they have barely seen half of
it. Mental hemiopia is either chronic
or acute. The former is incurable.
The latter will yield to judicious treat
ment and the removal of the proximate
and exciting cause, which is usually
passion, avarice, bigotry, love, or jeal-
Ousy.- Scientific Illustrations and Sym
b0tS.
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cheer when Easter comes unlocking the
fountains of happy thoughts, and ming
ling heavenly and earthly joys together.
Christmas has its frosty sanctity, the
Thanksgiving its go3d reason for being,
but in all the year what day, to those
who cherish it, means so much as Eas-
ter does, what fills one so full of hope,
what gives hope such authority For
what day of any season SO overHows
with promise ? While all the lowell
ness of the orb springs into being, it
seems to the worshipper to do so only
with symbolical relation to the resur-
rection, while the Great Day promises
to that worshipper the same glad open
ing of the sepulchre.
"And thou shalt walk in soft white light with
kings and priests abroad,
And thou shalt summer high in bliss upon the
nils OF God" Hdrper's Bazaar
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THE JUBILEE ODE


LONDON, March 90 Tennyson's iubi-
lee ode is published to-day. It is en-
titled, Carmen Sacculare," and is in
alternate three and eight line blank
verse stanzas. The first and second
stanzas are as follows:
Fifty times the rose has Powered and faded,
Fifty times the golden harvest fallen
Since our Queen assumed the globe, the scep-
ter.
She beloved for kindness
Rare in fable or history
Queen and Empress of India.
Crowned so long with diadem
Never worn by worthier
Now with prosperous augures
Comes at last to the bounteous
Growing year of her jubilee.
OF the next five stauzas the short sing
the attributes of the Queen, and the long
enjoin the nation to celebrate the jubilee.
The subsequent stapzas are SIS follows.
You the patriot architect. shape a stately me.
mortal;
Make it regally gorgeous
Some imperial institute,
Rich in symbol, in ornament
Which may speak to the centuries,
All the centuries after us,
Of this year of her jubilee.
Fifty years of ever-broadening commerce
Fifty years of ever-brightening science.
| Fifty years of overwhelming empire.
| You the mighty, the Fortunate
| You the lord territorial
You the lord manufacturer,
| You the hardy, laborious,
| Patient children of Albion.
| You Canadian, Indian, Australasan, African,
All your hearts be in harmony;
! All your voices in unison,
Singing hail to he glorious
! Golden year of her jubilee.
Are there thunders moaning in the distance?
! Are there specters moving in the darkness?
| Trust the Lord of light to guide her people
| Till the thunders pass, the specters vanish,
And the light is victor, and the darkness
dawns
Into the jubilee of the ages.
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GAN uNvER1F1ED HYPOTHESIS

The progress of the age, the march
of science, the division of labor and
study, the introduction of special
courses and subjects of experiment and
pursuit, the invention and discovery of
new methods of reaching the end de-
sired, new views in arts and knowledge
in every department, new schools in
law, medicine, commerce, agriculture
and political economy, serve to make
the student more proficient in that
branch to which he consecrates his en-
ergies, and to train experts and teach
ers. The consequence is that as each
school and each scholar in that school
becomes master, he looks with pity and
then with contempt ON the man who
has not pursued his line of thought and
inquiry. His high estimate of his own
attainments compels mean opinion of
the knowledge and wisdom of his less
learned neighbor. Conceit begets con-
tempt. The time was when the more
a man learned, the less he thought he
knew. AS the vast ocean of truth be-
came more and more revealed to his
view, the less in his esteem seemed the
few grains of sand that he and Sir Isaac
Newton had picked up on the shore.
The great teacher of evolution in Ger
many, Virchow, pursued the subject till
he found it had no positive proof, and
then candidly pronounced it ian unver-
fled hypothesis. One of his pupils,
Heckel, now the champion of that dog
ma, and himself, formerly a pupil of
VirchOw, rose up against his teacher,
and in the excess of his modification
at the detection of his master, he de-
clared that the same is true of all sci
ence-that We are certain Of nothing
that astronomy, chemistry, philosophy,
all knowledge is good enough till some
thing more conclusive and satisfying is
supposed to be true, and then we ac-
eept the new and reject the old. What
field of inquiry does this bold asser-
tion of H@ckel open to the young stu
dents mind! As believer in. the SUI
pernatural, and a Christian, 1 expect
from the scope of H@ckel's remark,
that knowledge which comes by faith
from the infinite source of truth. That
l know. 1t is part of my being, and to
doubt it is to doubt that l am. But
what science of to-day is the science
that was before Christ? Is the astron-
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omy of to-day an older or a new sys-
temp Where is chemistry now? The
names of the things that existed hun
ired years ago are forgotten because
The things themselves are not now worth
thinking about. There are many young
men to-day who do not know the mean
ing of phlogisto,o, but when 1 was on the
students bench the word was as COM
mon as oxygen is now renaeus," u,
Ne,U York Observer.
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Edited 9erus and Untes.

1t is said that Joseph Cook is about
to begin the editing of new temperance
magazine to be called Our Dag.
AT the late meeting in this city at Gen.
trail Music Hall, in favor of the observance
of Sunday, Rev. DR.. Barrows said that
Sunday in Chicago was a standing dis
grace; it was given over almost wholly to
deviltry and lawlessness; he wanted it
rescued from the grasp OF greed and
avarice and given back with song and
thanksgiving to the working people and
their families. He quoted with approval
the opinion of great Socialist that Sun
day should be kept in the name of by
giene if not in the name OF religion.
Recently the Critic protested against
the manner in which the great dailies
treat scandalous news. George William
Curtis in the Easy Chair of Ha1per's also
discusses the matter. Mr.. Curtis refers
especially to such news as has been pub
ished "under the plea of exposing social
classes and the hollowness of the fashion
able world" He denies that the paper
which publishes such matter is a friend
to public morals. sit is" he maintains, ga
panderer to immortality and goes just as far
as it dares to go with selfish regard to its
own safety"
Rev. DR.. Meredith, of Boston, re-
Gently said: ga man who breaches the
Gospel for ten years and has not theolo-
gy absolutely his own, drawn by his own
mind from the original sources of moral
and spiritual truth, and bearing the inn
press OF his own mental qualities and
even idiosyncrasies, has reached the limit
of his power and must be content to work
in narrow sphere. It is not question
of agreement on views of truth. do not
know a map, living or dead, who has ever
preached fifty sermons, with whom could
entirely agree"
When young men enroll their names
for membership at the rooms of the
Christian Association in Boston they
also make an entry, often in abbreviated
form, of the religious denomination to
which they belong. Not long ago sober
minded man added Auth" to his auto
graph to define his ecclesiastical connec-
ton. "Isn't that new denomination,
sir?" inquired the clerk The man looked
at him in great surprise and said: "What,
~ 90
stands for Authodoxl" 1t is to be pre-
sumed that the good brothers. creed was
more orthodox than his spelling.- Bos-
ton Comgregationalist.
The committee of Catholics on the
McGIynn case has called on work
ingmen all over the country to hold
meetings of their unions to rally
around DR.. McGlynn and denounce 20
litical interference from Rome. 1t is said
that the suspended priest has received
letters not only from many priests of the
Roman Catholic church in this country
and 10 Europe, but has also letters from
several cardinals and bishops commend
ing his course and approving his strength
of purpose in holding to his opinions on
property in land which are, they say,
consistent with the doctrines of the
church. The theory now entertained by
DIR. McGlynn's friends is that he will be
retained as pastor of st. Stephens; that
he will return to his home in the rec
tory, and that he will then go to Rome.
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FRESH WORK NEEDED.

Simple social gatherings in the par
lors of the sanctuary, after time, be-
come monotonous and. wearisome, and
the temptation has been to make these
sociables more and more secular in
their character, and to introduce modes
of amusement that were quite out Of
harmony with the place where they
were enjoyed. and which were neither
of an improving nor wholesome char
acter. 1t has been felt that something
more substantial and inspiring is called
for, something to develop the talents of
the young workers in Christ's vineyard,
some practical forms of usefulness,
something that would more immedi-
ately and effectually interest the new
disciple in the great mission of the
church, and awaken loyalty to the de-
nominational body with which he is
connected.-Zion's Herald, (nethodiStl.
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"THE HIGHER LIFE"

There have been in all ages vast num-
bers who have adopted the ascetic view
of the religious life, that which makes
the true practice of Christianity to con-
sist of retirement from the world. This
is the higher ideal which they believe
they find set before them in the Script
ures, and which prevailed very largely
in the earlier days of the church.
Worn out with the ceaseless strife of
the world and the hard battle of life
broken, disappointed, embittered-
held by the destinations of religious
sentimentalism, by the temptation Of
the luxurious indulgence of a dreamy
mysticism, by the glamor of an historic
association, and forgetting meanwhile
that the command is still, and always
and everywhere, ito work. and that
''the field is the world''-there are per-
sons quite willing to fancy that they
can best serve God, and build up their
own soul in holiness, by strict separa-
ton from the world and from all large
and free and generous intercourse with
their kind. But here, as everywhere
else, Gods laws are sure to be vindi-
Gated. II there is no labor done, both
in the world and for the world, there is
no rich ingathering of moral and spirit
ual forces by the soul itself. The whole
nature is almost certain to become
dwarfed. Its outlook becomes narrow
ed, and its range of sympathies con-
tracted. 1t regards Christianity as if it
had no self-serving force; divine
plant, if you will, but too fragile to
bear the rough usages of the winds, too
feeble in its very purity to come safely
in contact with the defilements of the
soil in which it is rooted. in close
moral connection with such theory of
the Christian life we find another the
DRY which underlies so much Of the
common religionism of the day, that
which confines religion almost wholly
to the region of the emotions that
finds its evidences in mere moods and
feelings; that, as consequence, treats
with indifference if not contempt the
conclusions of the understanding, and
finds in the individual soul a teacher
in divine truths of higher authority
than Gods word and which, in it's
logical and ethical results, does away
almost entirely with the precepts of the
moral law, so far as any practical effect
of that law upon the life is concerned.
This will account for much of the in
consistency which we find between the
lives of men and their professions.
The advocates of the "higher life" the
DRY have really no use in their scheme
of belief for the plain and prosaic teach
ings Of the ten commandments. But in
the condemning such systems must not
be understood as speaking contemptu-
ously of the subjective side of the re-
ligious life. This, too, with its seasons
of retirement, of quiet meditation, of
self examination, of communion with
God, is essential to the highest life and
best action of the soul. Providence
JOllT0aI
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The best thing to take people out of their
own worries, is to go to work and find out
how other folks' worries are getting on
Mrs. Whitney.
But noble souls, through dust and heat,
Rise from disaster and defeat
The stronger;
And conscious still of the divine
Within them, lie on earth supine
No longer.
-LongfelLOi0.
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The original of Mr.. Howells "Silas
Laphsm" is said to be rich cattle deal
er in st. Louis. We have seen him in
several other places and certainly we met
him the other day in Chicago.
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NOTES ABOUT PEOPLE.
In his song to "My Dear Love-"
the Marquis of Montrose wrote:
III make thee famous by my pen
And glorious by my sword"

Montague told the King of France,
when the latter informed him that he
liked his essays: "Then your majesty
must needs like me; my book is myself"
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-04-09

Mr.. John Burroughs, in an admir-
ably written paper entitled "More ego
tism," in Lippincotts describes his own
literary methods and the influences by
which he is moved to write He says: 81
have taught myself always to get
down to the quick of my mind at once, and
not tumble about amid the husks at the
surface" Aud again: "For my part, 1
never interview nature in the reporter
fashion; must tramp and tramp with her
to get any good. 1 rarely take
any notes, and have very poor memo
ry, but rely upon the affinity of my mind
for certain order of truths or observa-
TONS"
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"A visitor to James Carlyle, the
brother OF him who made the name of
Carlyle famous, CHANGED to speak of the
terrors of recent school inspection.
Quoth James: "Ye make a terrible TODD
about eddioation nooadays, by what was
the case when l was young. The day at
the schulz when was nine years auld,
my teacher was hearin' me say my cata-
cheers, and I said he believes instead o.
'he believeth' He knocked me doom and
pu'd my legs and bangit me on the desks;
and ran GOT an lay at the fit O. the
hedge among dokens and nettles for
three hale days"
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-04-09

Mr.. H. Rider Haggard, whose
South African romance, "Kiug Solomon's
Mines" and the wonderful 'She," achiev-
ed such success, is barrister by profess
sion. At the age of nineteen-he is now
only thirty-he accompanied Sir Fl. Bull
wer as secretary to Natal, and served on
the staff of Sir Theohilpus Shepstone
during his mission to the Transvaal, audit
was during the time he was at the Cape
that he acquired the local knowledge
which he has turned to good account.
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The Qlmiuersalist miscellaneous paoe.
ARTICLES EASTER
JESUS AND THE RESURRECTION.

the
selections and Edited
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At his trial Danton, in reply to the
ordinary court query, said: "My name is
Danton-a name tolerably we'll known in
the Revolution; my abode will soon be
humiliation, but shall live in the pan
theon of history"
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-03-19
PROPOSALS
FOR
SaHsas, Fuel, and Military Supplies
HEADQUARTERS L. S. MARINE CORPS,
OUARTERMAsTER' s OFFICE,
WASHINGTON, ID. O., March 3, 1887.

aCtEALED PROPOSALS, in duplicate,
- will be received at this oIti"e until II
o clock M of the 3rd day of May next
for furnishing RATIONS, and until y
o'clock NJ, Of the 4th May for furnish
ing FUEL, to the United States Marines,
at one or more of the following stations,
from the 1st July, 1887, to the Both of
June, 1888, viz: Portsmouth n. H., Char
lestown, Mass, Brooklyn, n. Y, Philadel
phia and League Island, Pa, Annapolis,
Md, Washington, ID. c., Norfolk, Va,
Pensacola, Fla and Mare Island, Cal.
Specifications and blank proposals can
be obtained upon application at any of
the stations named above, or at the office
of the Quartermaster, Washington, ID. G.,
and Assistant Quartermasters, 216 South
End Street, Philadelphia, Pa, and 615
Sansome Street, San Francisco, CAL
Sealed proposals will also be received
at this office until IL O. clock Nj. of the 9th
day of May next for furnishing SUP
PLIES, consisting of Cloths, kerseys,
Flannels, Blankets, Hats, Helmets, Mill
tary Stores, Brooms, Brushes, Axes, ETC.,
to be delivered at the office of the Assis-
tant Quartermaster, Philadelphia, Pa,
free of expense to the United States.
Schedules, with specifications of the
supplies required, can be obtained, and
the standard samples seen, at the offices
of the Quartermaster, Washington, ID. c.,
Assistant Quartetmasters' offices, 216
South I'd Street, Philadelphia, Pa, and
615 Sansome Street, San Francisco, Cal,
and at the Marine Barracks, Brooklyn, n.
Y, and Boston, Mass.
Blank forms of proposals and all infor-
nation can be had by applying at any of
the places named above.
This office reserves the right to reject
any and all bids and to waive defects; and
bids from manufacturers in, or regular
dealers of, supplies only will be consid.
cred.
Proposals may be made for one or more
articles, deliverable at one or more sta.
items, and will be considered separately
for each article and place of delivery
They should be Endorsed Proposals for
Rations, Flu |, or Military Supplies, as
the case may be, aid addressed to Major
FL. B. Lowry, Quartermas:er U. S. Marine
Corps, Washington, d. G.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-03-19

A real, genuine Democrat can be
told at glance. There is bright
ness in his eye, gladnessin his heart,
and hearty good shake of the hand
for his fellow-men. A kind word is
spoken of his neighbor, no bitter
ness against his success, no envy at
his good fortune, no disposition to
pull down and no hang-dog look
about his face. This the true pic.
turc of loyal, honest Democrat
who loves his party and who stands
by its nomination-Frederick CiH.
zen.
If Col. Baughman's description
of true democrat is correct, we re-
greet to say that real, genuine demo
Gratis" are in very small minority
hereabouts. Almost every one you
meet has blood in his eye, venom in
his heart, and a push and rush to
pull down" everything that stands
in his way, that is frightful to be-
hold.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-03-19

THE business failures occurring
throughout the country during the
last seven days, as reported to r.
g. Dun & Co.. of the Mercantile
Agency, by telegraph, number for
the United States 1s7, and for Can
ada 80, or a total of 220, as against
a total of 2S2 last week. The fail
ures for the week are about up to
the average in all sections of the
country. In New York City there
were two notable casualties, one in
phosphates, the other in leather.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-03-19

The CAPITAL has recently stated
it's belief the Warden Morrison s
Crescent club was preparing to lead
ex-Gov. Hamilton's reform move
ment in the city of Baltimore. AT
4 meeting of the club last night this
belief was made certainty. A Sc
ries OF reform resolutions were offer
ed and endorsed BY the members.
President Morrison delivered a
speech in which he made an honest
confession of past political rascali-
ties and his determination to leave
his evil ways and go in for honest
voting and fair counting IN primary
elections. An honest confession is
good for the soul, and We sincerely
hope our Crescent friends may be
thoroughly converted.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-03-19

A good Sunday school teacher has
formulated very ingenious rule,
showing the profit family may de-
rive from a single whiskey-drinking
member, as follows: Zone gallon of
whiskey costs about SO, and con-
tains on the average 65 ten cent
drinks. Now, if you must drink
whiskey, buy gallon and make your
wife the bar-keeper; then, when you
are dry, give her ten cents for a
drink. When the whiskey is gone,
she will have, after paying for it,
$3.50 left, and every gallon there
after will yield the same profit.
This money she should put away in
the savings bank, so that when you
have become an inebriate, unable to
support yourself, and Stunned and
despised by every respectable per;
son, your wife may have money
enough to keep you until your time
comes to fill drunkard's grave. :"
The plan appears to be a good
one, and ought to be given fair
trial.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-03-19

Our editorial brethren are elated
at the statement that the interstate
commerce law will not interfere
with editorial passes on the rail-
roads. We hope the statement may
be true for the sake of our brothers
of the craft, though it makes little
difference to us, individually, as our
daily walks and talks in search of
local and general news leaves us no
time to travel around at the expense
of railroad owners.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-03-19

PRESIDENT LEvELAND celebrated
his fiftieth birthday yesterday by
matchmaking Office begging Con-
gressmen. The only present he re-
ceived was birthday card from a
little seven year old.